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Monday, January 6, 2014

Monday Mishmash 1/6/14

Happy Monday! Here's my mishmash of thoughts:

Touch of Death and Stalked by Death Chosen as Best Books in 2013! I'm ecstatic that both Touch of Death and Stalked by Death made blog lists for best books in 2013. Touch of Death was chosen as Best Paranormal by Patrice Caldwell over on Whimsically Yours, and Stalked by Death was chosen as Best YA by Sherry Ficklin over on Curvy Writer!

Free Monthly Newsletter My free monthly newsletter goes out this evening. If you aren't signed up but would like to receive one, click here.

#SHP2014 Twitter Chat Thank you to everyone who came out for the Spencer Hill Press Twitter chat last Thursday night. The chat was crazy fast and so much fun. Lots of ARCs were given away, including two of The Monster Within.

Congratulations on your awards. Apparently there's a polar vortex on its way to parts of the US. Hope you're not affected. We haven't had snow this Christmas, just way too much rain. So much flooding in the UK (although not where I live - phew).

Plans for 2014 - back on the healthy eating/exercise plan to lose almost 2 stones by the summer, rewriting my fantasy novel for the 9-12 year age range, getting an agent, being happy.

Congratulations on your books being winners. How exciting. I agree with the being ready for spring. We haven't had the snow, but the temperatures have been way below normal for us. My poor old bones are freezing. Have a great week.

Kelly, those are some really great goals for 2014. I hope you conquer all of your dreams for this year!Like yourself, I also don't like to advertise my work unless I physically visit local bookstores and libraries. I guess this makes us more humble as authors=)I'm doing my best to balance my genres but at times, I find it difficult; especially working fulltime. I'm hoping to find more peace this year and not get too overwhelmed so I can really focus on my writing. Happy hump Wednesday to you!

About Me

Kelly Hashway fully admits to
being one of the most accident-prone people on the planet, but that didn’t stop
her from jumping out of an airplane at ten thousand feet one Halloween. Maybe
it was growing up reading R.L. Stine’s Fear Street books that instilled a love
of all things scary and a desire to live in a world filled with supernatural
creatures, but she spends her days writing speculative fiction and is a USA Today bestseller. Kelly is
also USA Today bestselling romance author Ashelyn Drake. When she’s not
writing, Kelly works as an editor and also as Mom, which she believes is a
job title that deserves to be capitalized.